The faculty senates at N.C. State University and Meredith College passed resolutions this week affirming commitments to academic freedom.
The faculty of East Carolina University voted Monday to send a similar resolution to its Faculty Senate. The UNC-Greensboro Faculty Senate will consider an academic freedom resolution at its September meeting.
Duke University President Nan Keohane also expressed her support for academic freedom after the UNC-CH Faculty Council unanimously approved its own academic freedom resolution Aug. 12.
The N.C. State resolution states that "the academic freedom of a sister institution has been threatened." The resolution also reaffirms the school's commitment to "academic freedom and the open exchange of ideas, including the examination of different cultures and their values."
The resolutions come in the wake of a lawsuit filed by the Family Policy Network and a proposal by the N.C. House to deny funding to UNC-CH's summer reading program unless the program includes representation of "all other known religions."
This year's book, "Approaching the Qur'
